Category: Research
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How Do You Pick a Research Question?
I’m currently in-between research projects at the moment, and I’m trying to find that perfect question that both captures my imagination and would be useful to others in my field. My last research project, about the information needs of K-12 school nurses, sort of fell into my lap due to the nature of my outreach…
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Continuing Education
I am blown away by how much I’m learning in my first position as a health sciences librarian. As I am coming close to finishing the research paper mentioned in the previous post, I am starting to think about where I should submit my paper for publication. So now I’m delving into the world of…
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4 Tips to Conquer Writing Anxiety
I have spent the last few weeks working on putting together a research paper to submit for publication. This is the first research paper that I have written and will have (hopefully) published as a professional librarian; as a result, I have been experiencing some writing anxiety that has been preventing me from making as…
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Data Analysis is Not For the Faint of Heart
The last few weeks have been very exciting for me because I have been working on my first research project as a professional librarian. To support my outreach work to health professionals in the community, I surveyed K-12 school nurses about their information needs. The collection period is over, and now it’s time to dig…
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What’s in a name?
There are numerous ways one can apply their MLIS degree. You can work in public libraries, academic libraries, government libraries, comic book libraries, even wine libraries. I chose to work in health libraries, but there is one problem. I am not entirely sure what to call this field. I have come across several terms in…
Kathryn Vela 